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RandySF

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Thu Dec 14, 2017, 09:54 PM Dec 2017

Conservative news outlet called Alabama race for Moore

Conservative news outlet One America News Network (OANN) appears to have erroneously called Tuesday night's Senate race in Alabama for Roy Moore (R), who lost the special election to Doug Jones (D) by more than 20,000 votes.

A clip of the news network's broadcast obtained by The Wrap shows OANN airing a graphic declaring Moore the victor while an off-camera announcer says that the network is calling the race based on "unofficial polling."

“We have some breaking news for you that we want to announce. Our unofficial polling shows Senate candidate Roy Moore sweeping the election right now in Alabama by a large margin,” the host says in the video.

The announcer goes on to say that the network's CEO Robert Herring congratulates Moore on running a "fine campaign."


http://thehill.com/homenews/media/365040-conservative-news-outlet-called-alabama-race-for-moore

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Conservative news outlet called Alabama race for Moore (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2017 OP
This just in ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #1
Haaaaa shenmue Dec 2017 #2
Talk about fake news Proud liberal 80 Dec 2017 #3
They called the election before the polls had even closed...... VMA131Marine Dec 2017 #4
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